Re: [asa] Dawkins is at it again

Hi Bernie,

"Bottom line- if there's no God- it is cruel to say there's a God who will
send you to hell if you don't accept his imaginary son."

Whether it is cruel is largely a subjective judgment call. Dawkins goes
further and labels it child abuse. Child abuse is something that can be and
has been investigated by science. And it does not support his claim.

-Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dehler, Bernie" <bernie.dehler@intel.com>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: [asa] Dawkins is at it again

> There are a lot of people who leave Christianity and feel abused by it.
> Many are quite bitter about it... damaged goods. You can read their
> "falling away" testimonies here:
>
> http://exchristian.net/
>
> Bottom line- if there's no God- it is cruel to say there's a God who will
> send you to hell if you don't accept his imaginary son. On the other
> hand, if there is a God and the gospel is true, a person loses out on an
> abundant life in Christ if he rejects it.
>
> If someone yells "FIRE" in a movie house during your favorite movie, would
> you be upset? It all depends- on whether the fire is true or not. If
> true, you'll thank them. If false, you'll hate them for wrecking the
> movie. Same exact thing... only different.
>
> ...Bernie
>

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